diff --git a/wetb/prepost/misc.py b/wetb/prepost/misc.py
index c6ce5759e02e3ad45abb38a248cc7d2443a2b3ea..b6129907304a3cb7c58fef4cf63f0368315312eb 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/misc.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/misc.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import scipy as sp
 from scipy import optimize as opt
 from scipy import stats
 from scipy.interpolate import griddata as interp
-from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+try:
+    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+except:
+    pass
 import pandas as pd